PLEASE COULD YOU CALL CAROLINE ON (Apply online only) FOR A PROMPT APPLICATION. ONLY APPLY IF YOU FIT THE EXACT REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS JOB PLEASE. THIS ROLE IS A GOVERNMENT HELD CONTRACT AND REQUIRES SC CLEARANCE LEVEL. ALTHOUGH A DV CLEARANCE WOULD BE MUCH PREFERRED. YOU CAN EMAIL ME DIRECT ON THE EMAIL BELOW. PLEASE NOTE THIS JOB CLOSES FOR APPLICATIONS ON TUESDAY 6TH NOVEMBER AT 1PM, SO TELEPHONE CALL IS BEST. THANK YOU CAROLINE - TIGHT DEADLINES FOR SUBMISSION OF SUITABLE CANDIDATES SO PLEASE APPLY PROMPTLY AND IN TIME FRAME.

JOB DESCRIPTION Minimum Requirement: Must have Government experience and have general Cyber security experience. Must also have experience working with high level managers.. Role: 1 - Manage and align all internal and external security-related activities across GDS, including standards, external engagements, strategy, governance, delivery, operations, security risk management, assurance of internal and external services, and physical and personnel security. 2 - Work with the Cabinet Office security team and the National Cyber Security Centre to ensure existing and emerging security principles and standards are reflected in the implementation of government digital transformation. 3 - Forge strong relationships with security and transformation leads across government to ensure aligned and compatible security approaches are adopted to all government transformational services. 4 - Ensure wider government is sufficiently aware of transformational security and counter-fraud issues through the Digital Academy. 5 - Build and mature security and fraud communities across government that focus on issues and solutions relating to transformation. 6 - Prioritise, manage and assure GDS security, cyber and counter-fraud work. 7 - Ensure GDS cross-government service and technology standards, architecture, models, patterns, principles, best practice, service assurance / compliance and spend controls reflect transformation security, cyber and counter-fraud needs. 8 - Ensure GDS work aligns with wider government security standards and reporting agenda, and influence the evolution of those standards to reflect transformation needs. 9 - Understand the key threats to transformed and transforming services across UK government departments, including those built and operated by GDS. 10 - Act as GDS’s Security Security Advisor, advising the GDS Director General, the GDS senior management team and the Government Chief Security Officer on security issues and remediation relating to GDS’s services and operations. 11 - Ensure services are developed to be safe and secure by design, including those services delivered by GDS, and any cross-government services sponsored by GDS that are developed by other departments. 12 - Ensure GDS has a mature and robust information assurance and security risk management regime, and manage ensuing security risks. 13 - Ensure the secure operation of GDS’ services is fit for purpose, including threat, intelligence, vulnerability and incident management, and be responsible for associated short-term and long-term remediation. 14 - Ensure mature physical, personnel and education / awareness security measures are in place. 15 - Ensure commercial and financial frameworks and GDS governance processes reflect transformational security, cyber and counter-fraud needs. Security Clearance: SC but ideally DV security clearance